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Petroleum measurement tables -

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Tables based on reference temperatures of
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Foreword
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federation of national standards bodies (IS0 member bodies). The work
of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through IS0
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which a technical committee has been established has the right to be
represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental
and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work. IS0
collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission
(IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization.

Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are

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Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting
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IS0 91-1 was prepared by Technical Committee
products and lubricants, Sub-Committee SC 3,
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revision.

IS0 91 consists of the following parts, under the general title Petroleum
measurement tables:

- Part 1: Tables based on reference temperatures of 15 ‘C and 60

degrees F

- Part 2: Tables based on a reference temperature of 20 “C

Annex A forms an integral part of this part of IS0 91. Annex B is for in-
formation only.

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Introduction
The tables referred to in lSO/R 91 :I970 were developed during the late
1940’s and were based on data for crude petroleum and petroleum frac-
tions published in 1916. Some later data on natural gasolines reported in
1942 were also used. The revised tables referred to in IS0 91-l : 1982 were
prepared by the American Petroleum Institute following the development
of a new data base by the National Bureau of Standards (USA). This study
included the examination of 463 samples of crude oil and refined products.
The samples represented 67 % of world crude petroleum production and
68 % of the estimated reserves in 1974. The present revision takes ac-
count of subsequent publications.

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Petroleum measurement tables -

Part 1:
Tables based on reference temperatures of 15 “C and
60 “F

1 Scope API Document, Editorial amplification of volume X

- Background, development, and computer docu-
This part of IS0 91 refers to petroleum measurement mentation, American Petroleum Institute, Washington
tables based on reference temperatures of 15 “C and DC, 1980.
60 “F. iTeh STANDARDAPI PREVIEW Document, Errata sheet to tables 238 and 538,
The standard reference temperature for petroleum American Petroleum Institute, Washington DC, 1981.
measurement adopted in IS0 5024 141(standards.iteh.ai)
is 15 “C, and
should be used for international trade. However, it is API Document, The use of the petroleum measure-
recognized that its use is not yet universally accepted ISO 91-1:1992men t tables - API STD. 2540 (CH. 11. I), ASTM D
and references to tables https://standards.iteh.ai/catalog/standards/sist/a5c63e98-1021-442a-99bd-
based on 60 “F have there- 1250 and IP 200 (19801, American Petroleum Insti-
fore been included in this part of IS0 91 and tables tute, Washington DC, 1984 (revised June 1987).
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based on 20 “C are covered in IS0 91-2111.
ASTM D 1250, Petroleum measurement tables:
2 Normative references
Volumes I to X, 198O;l)
The tables that form the basis of this part of IS0 91
contain printing errors which are identified in other Volume Xl/XII, 1982.l)
documents listed below. These subsidiary documents
constitute, through reference in the text, an integral ASTM-IP-API, Petroleum measurement tables for light
part of this part of IS0 91. hydrocarbon liquids, density range 0.500 to
0.653 kg//itre at 15 “C, published for the Institute of
API Standard 2540, Manual of petroleum measure- Petroleum by John Wiley and Sons, 19863
ment standards, Chapter I 7. I - Volume correction
fat tors: IP Petroleum Measurement Paper No. 2, Guidelines
for users of the petroleum measurement tables (API
Volumes I to X, 198O;l) STD. 2540; IP 200; ANSI/ASTM D 1250/, the Institute
of Petroleum, London, 1984.3)
Volumes XIII and XIV, 1982.l)

I) All volumes may be purchased from the publishers, the American Petroleum Institute, c/o Publication and Distribution
Section, 120 L Street NW, Washington DC 20005, USA, or from the American Society for Testing and Materials, 1912 Race
Street, Philadelphia, Pa 19103, USA. The names of local suppliers may be obtained from national standards organizations. The
tables are also available on microfiche and the computer sub-routine as magnetic tape or as FORTRAN card decks.
2) This publication may be purchased from John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Distribution Centre,, Shripney Road, Bognor Regis, West
Sussex PO22 9SA, UK, or from a local bookseller.
3) This publication may be purchased from the Institute of Petroleum, 61 New Cavendish Street, London WI M 8AR, UK.

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3 Sources of tables
3.1 For the purpose of custody transfer in accord-
ante with this part of IS0 91, reference shall be made
to the API-ASTM-IP Petroleum measurement tab/es,
which were developed jointly by
a) the American Petroleum Institute (API) - USA,
b) the American Society for Testing and Materials
(ASTM) - USA, and
c) the Institute of Petroleum (IP) - United Kingdom,
and have been adopted by these organizations under
the following designations:
API STD. 2540-1980
ANSI/ASTM D 1250-80
IP 200180
See also 3.6.
3.2
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leum measurement standards, chapter Il.7 - Vol-
ume correction factors, and by the American Society
for Testing and Materials, which published two of theISO 91-1:1992
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a combined document.
The complete set of tables consists of 14 volumes, 3c735d73d538/iso-91-1-1992
and the table numbers and titles are related to the
volume numbers given in annex A to this part of
IS0 91. Such publications are reprinted from time to
time. If corrections are included in such reprints, the
API has agreed to advise IS0 of them, and an
amendment will be issued to this part of IS0 91 re-
ferring to the corrections and to the date of the re-
print. Users should then ensure that they have the
most recent reprint.
No amendments or reprints have been published
since the previous edition of this part of IS0 91, but
corrections are listed in the following publications and
the corrected values shall be used in connection with
this part of IS0 91:
a) Editorial amplification of volume X - Background,
development, and computer documentation;
b) Errata sheet to tables 23B and 53B;
c) The use of the petroleum measurement tables -
API STD. 2540 (CH. 11. I), ASTM D 1250 and IP
200 (1980);
d) Guidelines for users of the petroleum measure-
ment tables (API STD, 2540; IP 200; ANSl/ASTM
D 1250).
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NOTE 1 Copies of items a), b) and c) are usually supplied
with the appropriate volumes of the tables; they are also
reproduced within item d), with other corrections.
3.3 Of the tables referred to in annex A, the three
series of tables
5A, 5B, 5D, 6A, 6B, 6C, 6D
23A, 23B, 24A, 248, 24C
53A, 53B, 53D, 54A, 54B, 54C, 54D
are of primary use. They shall be used to convert from
hydrometer readings of API gravity or relative density
or density and volume measurements, first to obtain
API gravity at 60 “F, or relative density 60/60 OF, or
density at 15 “C, respectively, and then to find the
volume corrected to the corresponding reference
temperature. The other tables, which are reproduced
in volume Xl/XII, permit accurate conversion of
measurements from one system of units to another
and conversions between apparent mass in air, mass
and volume.
3.4 The tables referred to in annex A relate to the
following ranges of density and relative density:
tables 5A and 6A: 100” to 0” API
tables 5B and 6B: 85” to 0” API
tables 5D and 6D: IO” to 45” API
tables 23A and 24A: 0.612 to 1.076 (60 “F/60 “F)
tables 23B and 24B: 0.654 to 1.075 (60 “F/60 “F)
tables 53A and 54A: 612 to 1 074 kg/m3 at 15 “C
tables 538 and 54B: 654 to 1 075 kg/m3 at 15 “C
tables 53D and 54D: 800 to 1 164 kg/m3 at 15 “C
3.5 For values below the ranges in 3.4 and down to
500 kg/m3 (0.500 kg/l) at 15 “C, reference shall be
made to ASTM-l P-API Petroleum measurement tab/es
for light hydrocarbon liquids, in which the tables are
identical with the corresponding tables in the 1953
metric edition of API 2540, ASTM D 1250 and IP 200
and referred to in lSO/R 91 :I 970. For values in terms
of relative density in the equivalent range, reference
shall be made to tables 33 and 34 of ASTM D 1250.
The tables relating to values down to the equivalent
of 500 kg/m3 are designated in annex A by reference
to footnotes 3 and 4 to that annex.
3.6 Computer sub-routines in ANSI FORTRAN and
the required program documentation are available for
each of the tables in volumes I to IX. This docu-
mentation and information on the background and

development of the tables have been published in
volume X entitled “Background, development, and
program documentation” (see notes 2 and 3).
Computer sub-routines in ANSI FORTRAN are in-
cluded in volumes XIII and XIV for the tables in these
volumes, but without implementation procedures.
The program documentation in volume X includes
implementation procedures that are the primary stan-
dard. These procedures may be used to develop
computer sub-routines in any computer language.
Such a sub-routine that exactly follows one of the
procedures (including the rounding and truncation op-
erations specified) is a valid application of this part of
IS0 91.
No implementation procedures are included in vol-
umes XIII and XIV, but a procedure for table 54D has
been included in IP Petroleum Measurement Paper
No. 2 as “Standard for volume correction of lubricat-
ing oils” and is a valid application of this part of
IS0 91.
No implementation procedures or computer sub-
routines have been published for the tables referred
to in 3.5 that provide a completely valid application of
this part of IS0 91 (see note 4).
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NOTES
2 The computer sub-routines for tables 5, 23 and 53 con-
tain an optional provision to bypass the hydrometer cor-
rection so that the values for API gravity, or relative density
or density, may be introduced directly.
3 In the printed tables relating to the conversion of
hydrometer readings, the coefficient of thermal cubic ex-
pansion for glass of 23 x 10s6 ‘C-l has been used. This
value is marginally below the conventional value quoted in
IS0 1768131, i.e. 25 x 10e6 “C-l. This difference in coeffi-
cient is not significant for most temperature differences
found in practice. When using metric units, it may be cor-
rected for, before entering tables 53A and 53B with
readings made using hydrometers complying with
IS0 649-l [21, by subtracting 2 x 1 O??(& 15) from the
hydrometer reading, where R’ is the hydrometer reading
and 8 the observed temperature, if it is agreed between the
interested parties that the temperature difference (& 15)
is sufficient for the error to be significant.
4 In appendix A to the Petroleum measurement tables for
light hydrocarbon liquids (see 3.5), calculation procedures
have been provided for which sub-routines can be devel-
oped that will reproduce most of the tabulated values. The
limitations of each procedure are indicated. Sub-routines
developed from these procedures may be used by agree-
ment between the parties concerned.
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Annex A
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Titles of tables contained in the API-ASTM-IP petroleum measurement

tables

Volumes in which table

appears
Table No. Title
Non-metric
Metric units
units

1 Interrelation of units of measurement Xl/Xl I Xl/XII

2 Temperature conversions Xl/Xl I Xl/XII
3 API gravity at 60 “F to relative density 60160 “F and to density at 15 “C Xl/Xl I Xl/XII
4 Gallons (US) at 60 “F to Iitres at 15 “C and barrels (US) at 60 “F to cubic Xl/Xl I
metres at 15 “C against API gravity at 60 “F
5A Generalized crude oils - Correction of observed API gravity to API gravity at I
60 “F
5B Generalized products - Correction of observed API gravity to API gravity at II

5D
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6C VCFI) for individual and special applications - Volume correction to 60 “F III
against thermal expansion coefficients at 60 “F
6D Generalized lubricating oils - Correction of volume to 60 “F against API XIII
gravity at 60 “F
8 Pounds per gallon (US) at 60 “F and gallons (US) at 60 “F per pound against Xl/Xl I
API gravity at 60 “F
9 Short tons per 1 000 gal (US) at 60 “F and per barrel (US) at 60 “F against API Xl/Xl I
gravity at 60 “F
10 Gallons’(US) at 60 “F and barrels (US) at 60 “F per short ton against API gravity Xl/Xl I
at 60 “F
11 Long tons2) per 1 000 gal (US) at 60 “F and per barrel (US) at 60 “F against Xl/Xl I
API gravity at 60 “F
12 Gallons (US) at 60 “F and barrels (US) at 60 “F per long ton against API gravity Xl/Xl I
at 60 “F
13 Metric tons (tonnes) per 1 000 gal (US) at 60 “F and per barrel (US) at 60 “F Xl/Xl I
against API gravity at 60 “F
14 Cubic metres at 15 “C per short ton and per long ton against API gravity at Xl/Xl I
60 “F
21 Relative density 60160 “F to API gravity at 60 “F and to density at 15 “C Xl/Xl I XI/Xll3)
22 Gallons (US) at 60 “F to litres at 15 “C and barrels (US) at 60 “F to cubic XI
metres at 15 “C against relative density 60160 “F
23A Generalized crude oils - Correction of observed relative density to relative IV
density 60160 “F
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Non-metric
Metric units
units

23B Generalized products - Correction of observed relative density to relative v

density 60160 “F
24A Generalized crude oils - Correction of volume to 60 “F against relative den- IV
sity 60160 “F
24B Generalized products - Correction of volume to 60 “F against relative density V
60160 “F
24C VCFI) for individual and special applications - Volume correction to 60 “F VI
against thermal expansion coefficients at 60 “F
26 Pounds per gallon (US) at 60 “F and gallons (US) at 60 “F per pound against Xl/XII
relative density 60160 “F
27 Short tons per 1 000 gal (US) at 60 “F and per barrel (US) at 60 “F against Xl/XII’
relative density 60160 “F
28 Gallons (US) at 60 “F and barrels (US) at 60 “F per short ton against relative Xl/XII
density 60160 “F
29 Long tons per 1 000 gal (US) at 60 “F and per barrel (US) at 60 “F against rel- Xl/XII
ative density 60160 “F
30 Gallons (US) at 60 “F and barrels (US) at 60 “F per long ton (US) against rela- Xl/XII
tive density 60160 “F
31 Cubic metres at 15 “C per short ton and per long ton against relative density Xl/XII
60160 “F
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53A Generalized crude oils - Correction of observed density to density at 15 “C VI 13)
53B Generalized products - Correction of obsewed density to density at 15 “C VI 113)
530 Generalized lubricating oils - Correction of observed density to density at XIV
15 “C
54A Generalized crude oils - Correction of volume to 15 “C against density at VI 13)
15 “C
54B Generalized products - Correction of volume to 15 “C against density at VIIW
15 “C
54c VCFJ) for individual and special applications - Volume correction to 15 “C IX
against thermal expansion coefficients at 15 “C
54D Generalized lubricating oils - Correction of volume to 15 “C against density XIV
at 15 “C
56 Kilograms per cubic metre at 15 “C and cubic metres at 15 “C per metric ton Xl/Xl 13)
(tonne) against density at 15 “C
57 Short tons and long tons per cubic metre at 15 “C against density at 15 “C Xl/Xl 13)
58 Gallons (US) at 60 “F and barrels (US) at 60 “F per metric ton (tonne) against Xl/XlW
density at 15 “C

1) VCF: Volume correction factor.

2) 1 long ton (US) = 1 ton (UK) = 2 240 lb
3) To extend the density range of these tables below the values listed in 3.4, see 3.5.
4) Included in ASTM-IP Petroleum measurement tables, American Society for Testing and Materials; Philadelphia, 1952.
Reprints of tables 33 and 34 available from ASTM.